Brian Quintenz, the choice of president’s President Donald Trump to lead the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has made public in some texts between himself and Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who suggest reasons why his brothers may have tried to interrupt his nomination.
In a Wednesday X Post, Quintenz Says He released the texts to concerns that Trump was “may have been misguided” by Gemini’s co-founders. The chain appeared to show Tyler Winklevoss Sending information to Quintenz In Gemini’s civil case with the CFT, fixed with a $ 5 million fine in January.
“The CFTC is deeply abused by the privilege of the process in the midst of many other abuses to prevent us from becoming (sic) to defend ourselves fairly in court,” Winklevoss texted Quintenz on July 25th.
According to the CFTC chair prospect, the brothers are looking for some certainty about what they call “lawfare trophy hunting,” which he said he was not willing to give.
“I believe these texts are clear what they are from me, and what I refuse to promise,” Quintenz said. “I understand that after this exchange they contacted the president and asked that my confirmation would be paused for reasons other than what these texts were seen.”
Cointelegraph handed over a Gemini spokesman for commenting, but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
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The texts just came a few days before reports suggested that Gemini’s co-founders Contacted the White House And asked Trump to keep in mind Quintenz’s nomination. Lawmakers in the Senate Agriculture Committee are scheduled to ask Quintenz in July before ruining the room for a month’s recession, but The event was delayed Due to a request from the White House.
The release of texts is less than 48 hours before Gemini is expected Start the initial public offer on Friday. The company aims for a $ 3 billion appreciation as part of the offer, but it is unclear how this information from Quintenz will affect.
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